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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
HOME AND FARM.
DO not feed stock where the food


DO not feed stock where the food
can be tramped under foot.
The best apia1sts unite in believ-
ing care and strong colonies the best
preventive of robbery.
The cross of the Dominick and
light Brahma produces a flock with
small combs, which natures early and
lays large number of eggs.
"A soldering fluid composed of a
teaspoonful of chloride of zinc dis
solved in two ounces of alcohol will
not rust and tarnish, and has no bad
odor.
The white of an egg and salt mix
ed to a thick paste is one of the bes
remedies for sprains, bruises or lame
ness for man or beast. Rub we'll the
parts affected. - Louisville Courier.
Journal.
Squash Pudding: Run the stewed
squash through sieve, four eggs, a
pint of milk, sweeten thoroughly, add
cinnamon, make paste and line a
deep dish, pour the squash in and
bake.-Household.
-Custard for Cake: One and one.
half cupfuls sweet milk. one egg. three
tablespoonful sugar, one heaping tea
spoonful corn-starch; boil. and when
cold, add lemon extract and spread be.
tween the layers. Toledo Blade.
To get rid of wild onions and other
weeds cut them, frequently and per.
sistently, just below the surface.
When there are not too many such
weeds small handful of salt, dropped
on the crown after cutting, will com.
plete the work. Rule.
Prof E. w. Stewart says no grain
should be fed alone to cattle that are
being fattened. A great error of many
feeders, in his opinion, is giving grain
and hay separately; both the grain and
hay lose a large percentage of their
food value by separating them.
When sheep are hurdled on small
areas it should not be overlooked that
in addition to the profit they may give
the animals distribute the manure
evenly, pressing it into the soil with
their hoofs, which is quite an item il
llle cN petlSc VI udullilS lIlHiiulC NC COlA-
sidered.
Nest egg gourds are now grown.
They very much resemble the genuine
eggs, and being very light in weight
there is less liability of breakage of the
eggs laid, as is sometimes the case
! when they roll against glass eggs.
Stale eggs should never be used as
nest eggs.
An excellent varnish for hanging
baskets, or for leather work, is made
of half a pound of asphaltum in one
pint of turpentine. Let it stand over
| night before using. Card receivers and
watch receivers can be made out OF
butternut shells and vanished with this
preparation. 1t is useful also for cones
and acorns-C Cleveland Times.
Well brought-up dogs let sheep
alone, but a dogs education is not
ended before he is two or three years
old. Many valuable puppy, if left
at large at night. which he never
should be, is enticed off on a maraudine
expedition by some little cur he accepts
rs playmate. 1t is usually perfectly
safe to lot old dogs have the range OF
the premises; young ones never, i
there are sheep whiting several miles
Indianapolis Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
A FAMOUS DETECTIVE.

JAMES JACKSON, the famous State detect
i've, resides in Sing Sing, and is generally
in attendance at the prison. His duties are
to examine carefully the face of every con-
vict as he enters, and to scrutinize every
visitor in order to prevent any discharged
convict seeing his pals. Occasionally he
has to make long journeys in pursuit of
runaway prisoners or to identify criminals
convicted in other States. He never makes
a mistake; if once he looks a man in the
eve he will know him under any disguise,
as he tells his man by the look of his eyes.
Once an escaped convict had his nose pared
down one third, but jackson detected him
at once, notwithstanding this remarkable
change of feature. Mr.. jackson is about 5
feet inches in height, about IS years old,
of light and sinewy build, with black hair
and piercing black eyes, and is altogether
remarkably handsome. He knows about
10 600 criminals, and it is simply wonderful
that he can distinguish the features OF ey-
cry one. On his long journeys he eats very
moderately and always takes one Brand
reth pill at night. When much fatigued by
the jolting of the cars on his tires ONE trips
he uses two Allcock's Porous Plasters on
the small of the back, which give him re-
newed vigor and quickly relieve him of all
WEAKNESS. These are the only two reme-
dies he uses, and he attributes his vigor and
remarkable health to Allcock's Porous
Plasters and Brandreth's Pills. Sing Sing,
(N ~ Daily Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

HE is such tickle, inconstant fellow,
you will never be happy with him" sad
Esther's friends when they learned OF her
engagement to a young man who bore the
reputation of being a sad flirt.. Esther,
however, knew that her lover had good
qualities, and she was willing to take the
risk. In nine cases out of ten it would
have proved a mistake; but Esther was an
uncommon girl and to every ones surprise
Fred made a model husband. How was its
Well, Esther had a cheerful, sunny temper
and a great deal of tact. Then she enjoyed
perfect health and was always so sweet,
neat and wholesome that Fred found ms
own home most pleasant, and his own Wl1e
more agreeable, than any other being. As
the year passed and he saw other women OF
Esther's age grow sickly, faded and queru
lous. he realized more and more that he nae
ga Jewel of a wife" Good health was hall
the secret of Esther's success. She re
tanned her vitality and good looks, because
she warded off feminine weaknesses and
ailments by the use of DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
PROFITS OF FARMING.
Agriculture Considered in the Light of a
Business Enterprise.

a
Business Enterprise.
No one reason sufficiently explains the
lack of large Numbers of students OF
agriculture in any of the colleges of
the country but am more and more
convinced that the exceedingly gloomy
and discouraging view of the condition
sand prospects of our agriculture, com.
monty presented by writers and re-
porters on the subject. has much to do
with this state of affairs. have Just
returned from one of the series of in-
teresting and valuable institutes being
held under the auspices of the Illinois
State Board of Agriculture, at which
an able and honored member of that
board read an elaborate paper, the log
ieal effect of which on the mind of any
bright young farmer boy would be to
cause him to decide to abandon the bust
ness at the earliest opportunity, and
if it be true that farmers are the hard
est worked, most oppressed, poorest
paid, least influential body of business
men in the country, why should young
men be expected or asked to become or
remain farmers, not to say to expend
time and money in special preparation
for the busineSss
Much of current writing in agricult-
ural papers and speaking at agricult-
ural meetings is misleading in its
effects, although honestly designed.
The disadvantages and the small
profits of farming are clearly seen; the
bright side and the exceptional eases
of great prosperity in professional
commercial or manufacturing life are
also seen and sharply presented
1t is both foolish and harmful
to attempt to make farming APP
pear an easy and very profit
able business. l believe it both un-
true and harmful to claim that it is
peculiarly laborious or improbable. I
believe it true that a larger percentage
of those we'll fitted for work will make
fair success in farming than of those
who engage in professional. CONNER
eial, manufacturing or speculative
lines of work. The chances of extraor-
binary success are slight, but the de-
gree of failure is less than in most
other lines of work. I believe it wise
to encourage rather than discourage
those who think of making special
preparation for the business of farm
ing, and that we might reasonably ex-
pect to see large number of this class
if we all showed our faith in the bust
ness instead of unfavorably compar-
ing it with other kinds of work.-G. b.
lEorro,c, i9 Rural Nce0 Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
PRETTY LIVELY BAIT.
How q Staid Old Gentleman Came to Mis-
take Frogs for Bed-Bugs.

take Frogs for Bed-Bugs.
Some years ago party of Detroiters
went fishing from the Star Island House
on the St Clair Flats. They were jolly
good fellows, says writer in the Detroit
Free Press, and would have been perfectly
happy but for one drawback-they had
no good bait. 1t was the season for black
bass and they had neither clubs nor frogs
with which to tempt the fish-nothing but
the minnows, which they despised. What
made it worse was the fact that two Ken
tuckians who were stopping at the house,
had purchased lot of desirable bait from
a Frenchman named 10, and had been
meeting with phenomenal success all day.
'sLet's make a raid on their worms"
suggested the doctor of the party.
s.pd willingly pay them double for their
froggies,'' said the Colonel
But the Kentuckians retired to their
rooms, and nothing more was seen of
them that day.
The next evening the Detroit crowd sat
on the veranda and groaned over the bad
luck they had. They all sat in a heap,
tired and disconso late, looking as solemn
as a company of owls Presently mist
began to spread. 1t had nearly reached
the Opaque stage, when, as one man, the
entire company sprang to their feet and
rushed out to the board path. There
gan to grope distractedly. They fell over
each other in their haste. The rest of the
boarders at the Star Island House rushed
to the spot to see what was up. Then the
mystery was explained
The walk was covered with baby frogs |
1t turned out that the Kentuckians had
left, and their bait, noslng the rain in the
air, had come out. Every man filled his
pockets, his hat, and, eventually, his
boots, with the lively batrachlaus. But
that was not all of it.
staid couple from Detroit were as
signed to the Kentuckians' room that
night. They knew naught of bait or frogs,
but retired to peaceful slum bers early in
the evening. Soon after the frog episode
the whole house was alarmed by piercing
shrieks and deep growls from the room
OF the absent fisherman. The landlord
being admitted found the lady had taken
refuge on the bureau, where she was
huddled up, screaming at the top of her
voice, while her husband was laying
about him with stout stick, apparently
holding invisible demons at bay.
~''Such bed-bugsr' he swore. "I've trav
eled over half the globe, and never saw
any thing to compare with them. It's an
outrage, sir, an outrage on the publicl"
There were about dozen of the "bugs''
scrambling about the room, five of them
being discovered in the bed. They were
speedily secured, and added to the preciou
lot which the sportsman had in reserve
for the morrow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
Getting There in Fine Shape

81 am much struck, Miss Breezy"
remarked and Eastern young gentle
man, with the immense strides which
Chicago has made in what might be
called society since my last visit to
your beautiful and enterprising CITY,"
Eyes, SIR" Miss Breezy replied,
"there has been noticeable improve
ment of late years in that respect, l
think. We are dropping more and
more into the refined and elevating
customs of the East, and if do say it
myself, Mr.. Waldo, we are landing on
both feet.''-N Y Sxn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

-Scarfs and neckties of metal are
new German invention. Gold, pla-
tinum and silver strips are welded after
the mosaic style, upon a metal ground,
prepared by the incandescent process,
then compressed by means of powerful
presses, and finally elongated by roll
ing into long sheets or strips. The
colors are yellow, red, green. white.
gray and black, and the searfs, being
estructible. are considered of
practical value. They are manu-
featured chiefly at Baden and Pforz-
heim.-Boston Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
Flow Tnev Do 1t in China.

In New York, when burglar has
stripped house, we contide the secret to
a detective, who keeps it and gets an
other detective to help him; the two hold
on to it like grim death till you perish of
old aga. They manage things differently.
however, in China. Not long ago mis-
sionary's earthly mansion was looted, and
he informed head policeman, who mere
" said, ''Hi, hah!' and went away.
Three weeks afterwards, however, the
missionary received a champaign basket
containing six human heads packed in tin
foil-not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good falkland note
from the Department Of Truth and Jus
tice-stating that the writer renamed
"Yours truly, HEN YAH"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
PiTH AND POINT.

Sinister and sin astir mean prett;
much the same thing. Washington
Critic.
The more you puff cigar, tn,
smaller it becomes. And that is the
case with some men.-Puck.
My dear boy, if you must part
your hair in the middle, get it even, i
you have to split hair to do it.
ITO call a man a fool is not t.
make him one,.' says the Voics. But
1t may make him mad, and the mac
manis the FOOLS brother. Or.
leans Picayu,ae.
80. Ella" said Clara, 81 think
Lily and her beau have quarreled."
why" replied Ella, '.what makes
you think sop swell, her parlor has
been brilliantly lit every evening late.
1y."-iSun.
-Husband-"What are you reading,
my dear?" Wife-'.A long letter from
mother" Husband-"Has she any
thing in particular to sayp' Wife
81 don't know. Haven't got to the
postscript yet
Better late than never
When folly's gay pursuits were DER,
And could sing and dance no more
1t then occur'd how sad 'twould be
Were this world Only made for me-
-ThacEerae-
1t is true saying that zone man
throws away another mans living"
The fishmOnger casts away as refuse
the scales of his finny commodity,
while the musician looks to the scales
as the talisman of fame and fortune.
Boston Budget
Cultivate the habit Of listening to
others; it viii make you an INVALUABLE
member of society. to say nothing of
the advantages it will be to you when
you marry. Every man likes to talk
about himself. A good listener makes
delightful wife. -Dorcas Magazine
Belle Gin boxo-'.How very odd
it must seem to sit down there-among
the people" One of the men she
knows-"You wouldn't like it?' Belle
Il should stay away. What in the
world do you suppose they come for ?''
Man-''Oh, possibly the music. you
know."-Puck.
-Countryman Ito dime museum
freak)-".Are you the wild man of the
Borneo woods?' Freak-s.No, sir; Tn
the horned man from the Businesses of
the Dark Continent. Wantaphoto-
graphonly twentyfi' cen's?'' Country
man-"Where's your horns?" Freak
IL had headache, an / took 'em off
The photographs has got 'em on, sir. y
~ Y Sun.
"A boy of seven was crying at the
corner of Cass avenue and Sibley street
the other day when woman stopped
and asked the cause of his sorrow.
"S-stubbed my toe on a s-stone" he
gasped. ''WeIl, don't cry. Why don't
you kick the stone?" "C-cause,
went to bed without my supper once to
spite mother, and-and was the only
one who had the stomachache all
nightr'
-"Major." said friend to him one
day, s'if some one was to challenge
you to fight duel, what would you
doP'' 1T would all depend on whether
he was gentleman or not" said the
major eff he was a gentleman, I'd
certainly fight him." ''But how would
you Judge us to that?" THAT wouldn't
be hard to tell. If he was gentleman,
he wouldn't want to fight me unless
had insulted him; and wouldn't in
suit him if he was gentleman. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

How fresh in my mind are the days of my sickness,
When tossed me in pain, all fevered and sore;
The burning, the nausea, the sinking and weakness
And even the old spoon that my medicine bore.
The old silver spoon, the family spoon,
The siek-chamber spoon that my medicine pore'
How 10th were my fever-parched lips to receive it,
How nauseous the stuff that it bore to my tongue,
And the pain at my inwards, oh, naught could re-
lieve it,
Though tears of disgust from my eyeballs it wrung
The old silver spoon, the medicine spoon,
How awful the stuff that it left on my tongue.
medicines which make the sick-room a
memory of horror. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, on the contrary, are
small, sugar-coated, easy to take, purely
vegetable and perfectly effective. 25 cents
a vial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
A Mighty Handy Schoolmarm.

An Alabama committeeman writes to a
normal school that the town is very well
satisfied with its teacher. He says: 'She
tries to make every thing just as pleasant
as she can She don't mind work. She
takes the ak and cuts wood-went to the
woods one evening after school and helped
to saw off two cuts after four O'Clock
The people are very well satisfied with
her." Where is the person who says that
Alabama women are not on the high road
TO emancipation1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
HORSES IN EUROPE.
The Number at the Disposal of the Four
Great Continental Powers.

The Number at the Disposal of the -Four
Great Continental Powers.
The recent prohibition of the ex-
portation of horses from Germany. Aus
tria and Russia gives additional inter-
est to the following statistics which
have been published in the Russian
NoUosti. The number of horses at the
disposal of the several countries is
shown by the following table:
In Army IN A,7ny
tn tunes in times
Total. of peace. of trGr.
Germany $4,000 S1,59S 39666S
Austria 100000 4947O 174,026
France 100000 125,75o $4,000
Russia lin 1882 .19.674,73
The chief breeding places for horses
in Germany are in Prussia, Lauenburg,
Saxeny, Alsace, Lorraine. 'Oldenburg
and Brunswick, In Austria the ma or-
ity are bred in Hungary, Pennsylvania.
and Bukovina, and in Russia, in Po-
land. in the Archangel district, in the
Cossack territories, and among the no
mad tribes between Orenburg and As
trakhan. The following figures show
different departments in the German
army in which horses are employed in
time of war: Cavalry, Ill, IA; ar
tillery, field. 129. 556; fortress, 6, $50;
infantry. 1906; engineers. IL, 1874;
pioneers, $500. In the Austrian army
65,O75 horses are in the cavalry during
a war and 1oS, 947 in other depart
ments. The number of horses export
ed from Russia to Germany during the
last four years is as follows: 1888,
&c, 1853; 1884, 81. 465; 1885, ID, 2O7;
1886. IA, 8OS. Pail Mall Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
AS six men were repairing a hus

AS slN men were repairing huge
furnace in Pittsburgh, Pa, one of them,
named James Kerr, who was in the
back of the furnace. asked for light
A torch was handed him, and an in-
slant later there was u terrible eX-
plosion. Kerr was thrown on his back,
and the others were hurled through the
furnace, but returned and drew Kerr
from amidst the blazing gas. He was
terribly burned about the head, face,
neck and body. The others were badly
burned about the face and hands, but
none of them seriously. Itwas though
that some of the workmen had turned
the gas on for ioke.-& y Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

An Australian girl has sued man
for breach of promise and laid her dam
ages at half million dollars. He was
the only manageable man for eighty
miles around, and she can't hope 90
ever secure another chance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

How MY THROAT Hurst Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

In another column of this issue will be
found an entirely new and novel specimen
of attractive advertising. It is one of the
neatest ever placed in our paper and we
think our readers will be well repaid for
examining the SUPPOSED display letters in
the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

IT is said the King Of Italy always takes
his lunch with him when he goes travel
ing. Evidently the railroad restaurant
sandwich is the same incomprehensible
antiQ uity the wide world over.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

AN editor makes an income when he
makes his ink hum " hitehaU Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

FISHING smaeks are used in angling for
o hus Observation-Disclosures Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

DON'T hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis
gushing every body, but use DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

WHAT is the oldest woman's c1uba The
broom-stick. -Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it.25
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

ADVICE to dressmaker-Be sure you're
right, then gore ahead.-Tsras Sittsngs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

A SON of gun is apt to be bore.-Bos-
tan Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

A NON EST opinion-the coroner's YER
Dict
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Pisos Cure for Consumption.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

that DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic is cooling to
the blood, controls excessive perspiratlon,
and will safely tide you over that period
characterized by headache, fainting spells,
exhaustive spasmodlc affections, and will
give strength and new life to the entire
system,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
The Old Silver Spoon.

A HOME RUN-running the sewing ma
chine.-Lift.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
A Patient Groom's Search Rewarded.

A Buffalo man says that when he and
his wife were on their wedding tour, and
coming from Cleveland on fast train,
she dropped her diamond ring through
the opening in the bottom Of the bowl as
she was washing her hands. The con.
ductor wouldn't stop, and so the pair got
off at the next station, and the groom,
walking back three miles to a farm house
that he had noticed just before the ring
disappeared, began close search. After
two hours hard work, hs found it lying
against tie and glistening in the sun
light.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

A BAD scrape-an amateurs violin solo,
-Traueters' Record.